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has held, fourteen times, the National and International Bridge anf Whist Championships. follow this department of Judo zis undoubtedly the most remarkable card flay V Jurenx the partner of an opening bidder is not compelled to con- sider the advi of keeping the bidding going on a btful hand, then a great deal of the guess-work in Con- tract is at once eliminated. There is nothing more unsatisfactory and de- pressing than playing a number of hands at low contracts, when the tricks necessary for game can be easily made. On the One Three system the partner knows that the one-bid dis- claims a holding strong enough for a two or three bid and need not strain a point to keep the bidding alive. Without real values, a simple pass is in order. The opening bidder may hold three and one-half, or even more, quick-tricks, but there is little chane for game, unless the supporting player can produce at least the minimum re- quirements necessary to assist a one- hid. Ji4 AK 9S K 105 86 One Heart should be bid on cither of the above hands. With less than two tricks in the partner's hand, there is practically no chance of landing the game. Of course, an assisting bid by partner will not be raised on the first holding, while the second combination is worth a rebid. understand why Wilbur C. IV head has said: “Sidney and answer questions d envelopes for reply. wrest) Nort RAST s__| 8Spades} Pass s Pass Pass Here North holds the minimum val- ues to assist a two-bid, which is one trick, yormal support in the bid-suit and some plus values. The Queen of Spades is the deciding factor, Even the Jack of Spades would not be enough. Players with the No Trump obsession may ery, “Why not play the deal at No Trumps, it’s a sure game? Quite true, but if East held one more Diamond, where would the game be then? To drive home my point, it would be a simple matter to transpose one card (I have heard of it being done), but I prefer to give the deal as it was bid and played at a local club. I scems that natural play should de- feat this deal at Spades because of the uneven Club distribution. This is likely to happen when an assist is made with the lute minimum, as in this instance, but nevertheless the contract can be made if properly treated. A neat point is illustrated here and one that comes up quite often, espe- cially so in Contract, where the dec- larant is often force re every possible trick contained in the hands or be demerited with a penalty set. It is apparent, if the Club suit does not drop in three leads, that but one way is open to make the contract. A trump must be saved in dummy to ruff the fourth Club. Two rounds of trumps should be taken and there is then an even chance that the remain- ing trump is with the player who holds the fourth Club. If the chance fails and one of the good Clubs is trumped, nothing has been lost, as the trump in dummy still remains for the losing Club. WGK LA (Continued from page 15) a lot—but then there's a lot of affe for the money. But v an get a corking clephant for why should you pay out all t a ‘giraffe? Ask Old Andrew knows. The elephants, by the way. have their nails filed and whitewashed every day, and their hides massaged with linseed oil—just to keep that schoolgirl complexion, I suppose. A publicity man up at the circus to sell the management on > idea of making the last act (in which a Mr. Zacchini is shot out of a cannon with terrific force) even mor: spectacular by priming the cannon with half a dozen midgets, who will seatter like buckshot all over the house. 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Just then the radio broke and by the time father had it going they tuned in to hear the following: “It was a great gam¢ folks and the final score was 5-3. This is Graham McNamee talking. goodby Little Willie, who is a rabid base- ball fan, promptly told them who won and why. How did he do it? about his five dogs at swell rat-catchers they wer “Yesterday they caught five rats in five minutes,” he said. “That's nothing,” replied a friend. “I have six dogs that catch a hundred rats in a hundred minutes.” Who had the best rat-catchers ? Three me B,” and “C,” en- ter a room at the same instant from ycomicbooks.com